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GRAND TURK
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• GRAND TURK (noun)
The noun GRAND TURK has 1 sense:
1. the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
Familiarity information: GRAND TURK used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
grand Turk; sultan
Hypernyms ("grand Turk" is a kind of...):
ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)
Instance hyponyms:
Saladin; Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub (sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193))
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